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Gunmen Kill 17 Locals, Abduct Several In Attack On Niger Villages - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 26, 2021
The Secretary to the State Government SSG, Ahmed Matane, confirmed the incident to on Monday.
While the attack left three others injured, the whereabouts of about 18 villagers are unknown. They were said to have been abducted by the gunmen.
The affected villages – MazaKuka and Kulhu villages – are located in Mashegu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
Matane explained that the gunmen killed 16 people in a mosque in MazaKuka and another one person in Kaboji village.
The assailants, he stated, stormed MazaKuka in large numbers with dangerous weapons and went on a rampage, shooting sporadically.
According to the SSG, the victims in MazaKuka were killed very early on Monday morning while performing Subhi prayers inside the mosque.
The wounded and the abducted persons were among the faithful observing the prayers.
Although MazaKuka and Kulhu villages are in Niger, they share borders with Kainji Lake Forest where bandits are said to have been taking advantage of the porous nature of the forest to attack innocent people at will and take cover.
Matane disclosed that the state government has since deployed a team of military personnel to the area to flush out bandits hiding in the forest.

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Gunmen Kill 8 In Zamfara, As Matawalle Signs Pact On Surveillance Helicopters - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 14, 2020
Armed bandits have killed abouteight members of vigilante group otherwise known as Yan Sakai in Wanke districtof Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara state.
Residents said gunmen attackedGobirawa village and took away about 11 cows and other animals after chasingpeople out of their homes.
The gunmen also killed a prominentleader of the vigilante called Bala Maigora. Some of the vigilante members fromother neighbouring communities mobilized to Gobirawa for assistance, but thearmed men laid an ambush, killing eight of them.
The State Police Command SpokesmanMuhammad Shehu, said members of a group of local militia known as Yansakai whopursued the rustlers were ambushed. As a result, four members of the Yansakai,including their commander popularly known as Bala Maigora were killed.
Meanwhile, the state governor BelloMohammed Matawalle has signed a memorandum of understanding with a company inDubai, Worldwide Jet Aviation SA, for the supply of surveillance helicopters.

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Gunmen Kill Delta Director, 4,030 Displaced By Bandits In Niger - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 4, 2020
TheNiger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA has said about four-thousandpersons have been displaced in four local government areas by bandits in theState.
TheAgency’s spokesman, Hussein Ibrahim, who announced this to newsmen in Minna,said over one thousand persons displaced from communities in Shiroro, Munya,Pandogari, and environs in Rafi and Adunu and surrounding areas in Paukorolocal government area of Niger State.
Nigerstate governor, Abubakar Bello recently led a delegation that include a formergovernor of the state, Babangida Mu’azu Aliyu to President Muhammadu Buhari tosolicit the intervention of the Federal Government on banditry attacks in thestate.
Also,suspected gunmen on Sunday killed a Director attached to the Delta StateMinistry of Works, J.O Onochie.

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Gunmen Stole AK-47 Rifle After Attacking Police Station In Cross River, - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 12, 2021
Today Gunmen invaded the Police Station at Ekori community of Yakurr with weapons and attacked the officers,
The assault happened in Ekori in the Yahuu Local Government Area in cross river state.
The alleged gunmen took away one AK-47 after beating up policeman on duty says eye witness.
The Police Station which was attacked is located at Ekori community of Yakurr and the gunmen scared away the officers on duty, beat one to an unconscious state of mind and got away with his AK-47 rifle as the witness claimed.
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It was acknowledged that the ambush led to the closure of the Ekori Police Station till further notice and officers  were ordered to move to Ugep Divisional Police, at the local government headquarters.
This is the third time within two months police stations were attacked in the cross rivers, and officers of the Nigeria Police Force have suffered attacks which have result to the loss of four police officers lives in the state.


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Guzape II District Development Will Enhance Aesthetics Of Abuja, Create Many Jobs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 28, 2022
This revelation was made during a tour of engineering infrastructure projects in the district by Hon. Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, to ascertain the progress of work and challenges therein, over the weekend.
Speaking at the end of the tour, Malam Bello expressed delight that, already plot owners have commenced development of their property, especially in parts of the district, where the contractor has provided infrastructure.
He said: “It’s a project which we feel will enhance the city’s aesthetics and as you can see, along the entire corridor where you (Gilmor Engineering (Nig) Ltd) have started work, people have started building.
“I understand also that this is going to be a very beautiful district and as we have spent some time and gone round the projects, we have seen how much work has been done and we have seen some of the challenges.

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Gyara-Kayan-Ka: Gwamnatin Abia Ta Fatattaki Karuwan Da Ke Birnin Umuahia - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 21, 2019
Karuwanda ke yawon-ta-zubar a birnin Umuahia na Jihar Abia sun shiga wasan buya, tundaga lokacin da gwamnatin jihar ta kaddamar da shirin korar karuwai daga titunanbirnin tare da kulle gidajen karuwan da ke garin Umuahia.
Rahotannina cewa, yanzu haka karuwai a birnin Umuahia su na zaman dar-dar ne.
Idandai za a iya tunawa, a ranar Litinin da ta gabata ne, Gwamna Okezie Ikpeazu yabada umarnin rufe duk gidajen karuwan da ke cikin birnin, musamman wadanda ke akan Titunan Orlu, da Kaduna da na kan titin Arochukwu da sauran su.
GwamnaIkpeazu, ya kuma bada umarnin gurfanar da masu gidajen da su ka ajiye karuwaisu na zaman haya a ciki, ya na mai umartar a gurfanar da masu wuraren da su kabari ana tu’ammali da kuma shan haramtattun kwayoyi a wuraren su.
Gwamnatin jihar, ta ce gidajen karuwai da matattarar masu sha da sayar da kwayoyi sun zama maboyar bata-gari da masu aikata miyagun laifuffuka a jihar.

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Gyet Maude: First Class Traditional Ruler Abducted In Kaduna Regains Freedom After 48hours - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 29, 2021
The kidnapped traditional ruler of Jaba Chiefdom in Kaduna State, Gyet
Maude has regained his freedom.
He was released by his abductors on Wednesday evening after spending
two days with his abductors
The 83-year-monarch of Jaba Chiefdom was kidnapped on Monday by
gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on his farm at Gitata community in
Nasarawa State.
The kidnappers yesterday demanded a N100 million ransom before they
will release the traditional Ruler.
Although the police authorities and Kaduna state government are yet to
confirm the release of the first class traditional ruler, a source within the
traditional council, Anthony Maude, said that he returned to his palace
along with some of his aides.
The source, however, did not say if any ransom was paid or if the royal
father was rescued by security operatives.


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Gymnastics: Coach Assures Nigerians Of Winning Medals In Napoli - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 28, 2021
He said the team was working hard to ensure it had a good outing, and promised to make the country proud at the end of the championship.
According to him, a total of 36 gymnasts in both male and female categories will feature in the Professional Gymnastics League billed for November 20 to 31 in Napoli, Italy.
He added that the target of the team was to win up to ten to 15 medals at the championship to make the country proud.
Asuquo said his team won a total of 53 medals at the just concluded Gymnastics competition in Lagos.
He noted that the objective of the competition was achieved because the team was focused and used it to train for international games.

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Hadarin Mota: Mutane 60 Sun Mutu A Ghana - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 23, 2019
Akalla mutane 60 nesuka rasa rayukan su sakamakon hadarin da wasu motocin daukar fasinja biyu sukayi a yankin Bono da ke kudu maso gabashin kasar Ghana.
Mai magana da yawun‘yan sandan kasar ta Ghana Joseph Antwi Gyawu, ya ce motocin sun yi tahomu-gama ne da misalin karfe biyu na daren.
Bayanai sun ce bayan damotocin suka yi taho mu-gama, nan take daya daga cikin su ta kama da wuta, bayankowace mota na dauke da fasinjoji  50 acikin ta.
Kwame Arhin, likita aasibitin gwamnati da ke garin Kintampo kusa da inda lamarin ya faru, ya ceyanzu haka akwai mutane 28 da aka kwantar a asibitin don kula da su sakamakonraunukan da suka samu.
A shekara ta 2016 ma,wata motar fasinja ta yi taho mu gama da wata motar daukar kaya a kan hanyarTamale, inda mutane 53 suka rasa rayukansu.

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Hadaya: Hajj Reporters Says States Pilgrims Boards Ignores FOI Request On - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 5, 2019
Independent Hajj Reporters, a civil society organization that monitor hajj and umrah activities has said that some state  Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards have refused to respond to its Freedom of Information, FOI request on the number of intending pilgrims for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage who paid their Hadaya,  that is animal sacrifice through their respective state pilgrims boards and those that remit their money through Jaiz bank as directed by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON.
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This was contained ina statement jointly signed by its national coordinator Ibrahim Muhammed andpublicity secretary Abubakar Mahmoud in Abuja.
The group said on 25thof June 2019, they wrote an FOI request to the states relying on the provisionsof Sections 1&2 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2011.
They sought to knowthe total registered number of 2019 hajj pilgrims; the total number of pilgrimsthat paid for Hadayya through Jaiz Bank and their names, contact numbers andregistration numbers as well as the total number of pilgrims that paid throughState Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards, their names and registration numbers.

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Haiti Earthquake: Death Toll Rises To 2, 189, Thousands Injured And Hundreds Still Missing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
August 20, 2021
Tens of thousands of buildings were also destroyed and damaged in the
impoverished country still recovering from a devastating earthquake in
2010.
Haiti has also been beleaguered by gang violence, Covid-19, and
political chaos, which spiked last month after the assassination of
president Jovenel Moise .
The government has declared a month-long state of emergency in the
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Hajj: 13,107 Nigerian Pilgrims Arrive Saudi Arabia - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 21, 2019
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON, hasso far transported 13, 107 Nigerian pilgrims in 27 flights to Saudi Arabia forthe 2019 hajj exercise.
This was contained in a statement released by theCommand and Control Centre of the commission.
According to the statement, pilgrims from Katsina, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Birnin Kebbi, Sokoto, Kogi, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Osun, Kwara and the Federal Capital Territory FCT have been airlifted to the holy hand.
Read: NAHCON Urges Pilgrims To Be Security Conscious
The first batch of pilgrims who had arrived the holyland have commenced movement from Madinah to Makkah in continuation of theirreligious rites.
65,000 Nigerians are expected to perform this year’shajj exercise and a total of 350 medical personnel have been deployed to attendto pilgrims’ healthcare need during the exercise.
Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary, Federal CapitalTerritory FCT administration, Chinyeaka Ohaa has charged intending pilgrims touse the opportunity provided by the Hajj to pray for the country.


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Hajj 2019: NAHCON Says Over 23,000 Nigerian Pilgrims Arrive Saudi Arabia - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 29, 2019
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON saysit has so far carried out 48 flights involving over 23, 000 pilgrims fromNigeria to Madinah since the inaugural flight of the pilgrims in Katsina onJuly 10th.
The commission’s Command and Control Centre, stated thisin a statement in Madinah.
The centre said that the flight continue with MaxAirdeparting Katsina state for Madinah with 534 Katsina Pilgrims made up of 284males and 250 females as well as nine officials.
It also said that another Max Air departed Gombe forJeddah with 559 Gombe Pilgrims, comprising 377 males and 182 females.
It added that the pilgrims from Ogun, who have spentsome days in Madinah observing their Hajj rites and touring some historicalsites, are expected to move to Makkah, in continuation of such rites.
Meanwhile, some pilgrims in Madinah have commendedthe commission for effecting their transportation to Makkah.


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Hajj 2019: NAHCON Signs Agreement With 3 Airlines - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 21, 2019
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON has signed agreement with the three airlines which got approval of the Presidency to transport the 2019 Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.
The Head, Public Affairs Division of the Commission Fatima Usara who made this known in a statement in Abuja, explained that the signing of the agreement held at the commission’s Head Office in Sokoto House, Abuja.
According to Usara, the Chairman of the Commission, Abdullahi Muhammad Mukhtar enjoined the approved air carriers to discharge their responsibilities diligently to the pilgrims who are sole sponsors of the contract for the airlift.
She also said the NAHCON boss urged the airline operators to liaise with the necessary security agencies in ensuring safety and security of pilgrims under comfortable manner.
She said that the airlines were reminded that intending pilgrims are international travelers; therefore they must be accorded same standard and quality service as any international client.


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Hajj 2021: COVID-19 Vaccine Initiated To All Kaduna Intending Pilgrims - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 12, 2021
The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board vaccinated 2,837 intending pilgrims for the 2021 Hajj.
Hannatu Zailani, acting chairwoman of the board divulged this to newsmen on Monday that the vaccination exercise was initiated on 6Th of April, 2021.
The State has slots for more than 4,000 intending pilgrims but only 2,837 aspiring pilgrims were vaccinated across the 23 Local Government Areas, with addition that the exercise will be completed during the week.
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She added that, the vaccination was based on directives from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the National Hajj Commission.
In her statement, she made it clear that anyone intending to go for Hajj must be vaccinated before leaving Nigeria so as to go in line with the guide-line of the nation.
Also advised that all the intending pilgrims must act in line with the guidelines of the NCDC.


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HAJJ 2023: Agency Begins Training, Enlightenment Programme For Prospective Pilgrims In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 17, 2023
The Emir of Zazzau, Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli, also inaugurated Sabon Gari Local Government pilgrims Enlightenment Hall, Gambo Sawaba Secretariat Dogarawa.
Bamalli said training and enlightenment were very necessary because they would guide prospective pilgrims on how to perform the Hajj without hitches.
He said pilgrims must show more interest on the training and be enlightened to know how to perform the Hajj.
He called on them to avoid anything that would dent their image and that of the country.
He advised them to check their passports to be sure they correspond with their other travel documents.
He tasked them to take this training and enlightenment programme very serious.
Earlier, the Executive Secretary of the agency, Yusuf Arrigasiyyu, said the programme was to make them to understand how to perform Hajj easily.


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Hajj: Civil Society Urges NAHCON To Begin Two-Year Registration Policy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 14, 2019
ACivil Society Organisation, CSO, Independent Hajj Reporters, IHR, that monitorsand reports hajj activities has urged the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria,NAHCON to adopt two-year hajj registration procedures.
TheOrganisation’s National Coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammed and Publicity Secretary,Abubakar Mahmoud made the appeal in a statement in Kaduna.
Muhammedalso called on the Hajj regulator to commence registration of intendingpilgrims for Hajj 2021 alongside the ongoing Hajj 2020 registration exercise toease the registration process.
Hecommended NAHCON for issuing a timely directive to states Muslim pilgrims’welfare boards to commence registration, urging the commission to address theregistration and logistics challenges.
Accordingto Muhammed, the current yearly registration of intending pilgrims in Nigeriaoften creates serious challenges on the delivery of consistent services tointending pilgrims in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Hajj: Kaduna Pilgrims Board Reduces Fare, Extends Registration - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 24, 2019
Kaduna State MuslimPilgrims Welfare Board, has announced new hajj fare to reflect reduction ofN51, 170.45 as announced by National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on June 22.
The Board PublicRelations, Malam Yunusa Abdullahi disclosed this in Kaduna.
Abdullahi said the newKaduna hajj fare as announced by the board’s Overseer, Imam Hussaini-Tsoho onSunday was N1, 498, 126: 64k.
He also announcedextension of registration of pilgrims to July 15.
Abdullahi disclosedthat medical screening of intending pilgrims was to commence this week and wascompulsory.


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Hajj: NAHCON Defends N1.49bn 2019 Budget Proposal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 7, 2019
TheNational Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON has defended its 2019 proposedbudget of over 1.49 billion naira before the Senate Committee on FederalCharacter and Inter-Governmental Affairs.
TheHead, Public Affairs Division of NAHCON, Fatima Usara, made this known in astatement.
Usarasaid the NAHCON budget performance in 2018 stood at over 51 per cent with totalapproved budget at over 1.6 billion naira while budget released was over 824million naira.
Shesaid the Commission also made presentation before the Senate and HouseCommittees on Foreign Affairs as part of the budget defence.
Shesaid that the Chairman of NAHCON, Abdullahi Muhammad, thanked the NationalAssembly members for their continued support and cooperation with thecommission.
Usarasaid the chairman implored their support to facilitate timely release of thebudget to enable the commission discharge its responsibilities unhindered.


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Hajj: NAHCON Generates N2bn From Development Levy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 4, 2020
The National HajjCommission of Nigeria, NAHCON says it has generated two billion naira from theHajj Development Levy.
The Head, Public Affairs,NAHCON, Fatima Usara, who announced this in a statement in Abuja, said thatNAHCON’s Acting Commissioner, Operations, Modibbo Saleh, announced the amountduring the Foundation-laying ceremony of the Pilgrims Hotel in Kaduna.
She said the Commission hadspent part of the funds on various projects for the benefit of the Nigerianpilgrims, adding that the Commission is also constructing a pilgrims’ hotelfacility and a multi-purpose centre in Kaduna State Hajj Camp.
Fatima explained that allState Pilgrims Welfare Boards and Agencies will benefit from the funds nomatter how little their contributions are.
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Hajjin Bana: Har Yanzu Jihohi Ba Su Bayyana Kudin Su Ba - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 30, 2019
Hukumar Allazan ta kasa ta bayyana cewa, ba ta da izinin tilastawa wata Hukumar Allazan jiha a kan ta bayyana kudin aikin Hajjin shekarar 2019.
Babbar jami’ar watsa labarai ta Hukumar Misis Fatima Usara, ta bayyana hakan ranar Alhamis a garin Abuja.
Usara ta ci gaba da cewa, har yanzu Hukumar ta kasa tare da na jihojin da kuma sauran masu ruwa da tsaki ba su gama tsayar da matsaya a kan kudin aikin Hajjin bana ba.
Hukumar NAHCON tana jawo hankalin maniyyata aikin Hajjin shekarar 2019, da kuma daukacin mutane cewa, ba ta da izinin tursasawa wata Hukumar Allazai a kan ta bayyana kudin aikin Hajjin shekarar 2019.
Usara ta ce, an sanar da fara rijistan aikin Hajjin shekarar 2019, tun a watan Nuwambar shekarar 2018.
Ta kara da cewa, kudin rijistar an kiyasta Naira miliyan 1.5, wanda za a saka a banki tare da zuwa ofishin Hukumar domin amsar takardar shaida.
A cewarta, za a iya biyan kudin duka ko kuma a biya kashi-kashi, sannan sai a garzaya ofishin Hukamar tare da nuna takardar biyan kudi na banki.
Usara ta gargadi maniyyata da su guji biyan kudi ta hannun wakilan Hukumar ko kuma wani jami’inta, biyan kudin ya ta’allaka ne ga banki kadai.


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Hakkin Ma’aikata: Shugaba Buhari Ya Karbi Rahoto A Kan Karin Albashi Zuwa Naira 30,000 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 25, 2019
Shugabankasa Muhammadu Buhari, ya karbi rahoton kwamitin bada shawara a kan yadda za afara biyan sabon karin albashi da majalisa ta amince da shi.
Kwamitindai, ya mika wa shugaba Buhari rahoton ne a fadar shugaban kasa da ke Abuja.
Idandai za a iya tunawa, a ranar 9 watan Janairu ne shugaba Buhari ya kafa kwamitina karkashin jagorancin masanin tattalin arziki Bismarck Rewane, bayan jaddadaaniyar sa ta kara ma fi karancin albashin ma’aikata.
ShugabaBuhari, ya fara bayyana niyyar sa ta yin karin albashin ne a watan Disamba nashekara ta 2018, yayin gabatar da kasafin kudi a gaban ‘yan majalisun dokoki natarayya.
Yace kwamitin zai ba gwamnati shawarwari a kan yadda za ta samu sukunin biyanmafi karancin albashin ba tare da an samu hauhawar farashin kayayyakin masarufida matsalar rage yawan ma’aikata ba.Sai dai ministankasafi da tsare-tsare Udo Udoma, ya ce gwamnatin tarayya za ta kara yawan kudinharaji a kan kayan masarufi domin samun kudaden da za ta iya biyan sabon karinalbashin.

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Handball: Godinho Charges Nigeria To Create Enabling Environment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 16, 2020
President of the Angola Handball Federation Pedro Godinho said Good player welfare, investment in training of coaches, strategic business partnerships with corporate bodies, and the right government policies have been identified as essential requirements for sustainable development of handball in Nigeria.
Godinho made the recommendation at a Webinar/Online Conference on handball development in Nigeria which also commemorates International Handball Week.
Godinho, who is also the second Vice President of the Confederation of Africa Handball CAHB, delivered a paper on How to develop the game of Handball in a country and making it a podium sport:
The Angolan Experience recommended a deliberate and effective sport structure as the foundation for the success of any sport.
He mentioned that the reason handball is big in Angola is that the government created an enabling environment for sports including handball to thrive and that conscious effort was done to ensure the growth of handball in the grassroots.


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Handcuffs On Kanu Won’t Stop Agitation - Mbaka Reacts - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 1, 2021
The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has said handcuffing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, self-acclaimed leader of the secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will not stop the agitation for the disintegration of Nigeria.
Mbaka spoke during a sermon, added that even if FG handcuffs Kanu, hundreds of secessionists will not stop the agitation.
Recall that after over two years of man-hunt, the Federal Government on Tuesday disclosed that it has re-arrested Nnamdi Kanu.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, who confirmed the development, said he was re-arrested by a combined team of Nigerian and foreign security agents in a coordinated interception.
The FG, through the Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday addressed newsmen on the development.
The spiritual director, who attributed the current agitation in Southeast (Biafra) and the Southwest (Oduduwa) to hardship ravaging the entire nation, alleged that the Southeast Governors influenced Kanu’s fall.
He added, “Even if they put handcuffs on hundreds of Nigerians, agitation will not stop. Handcuffing them will even increase the agitation.
In his words, “You cannot tie people down when they cannot afford what to eat. School fees in Enugu are at the highest level. And parents, after suffering to train their children, the children will still be at home.
“The agitation will not stop just because some people are handcuffed. So I asked our leaders to sit down and not sell their people.
“Don’t sell your sons because you are governors today. Don’t sell your sons and daughters because of political promises you may not know the outcome in the future”


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Hanifa Abubakar: Youths Burn School Where Pupil’s Body Was Buried - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
January 24, 2022
It was gathered that the youths stormed the school premises very early
on Monday morning and set it ablaze, purportedly in protest against the
killing of the five-year-old.
The school, Noble Kids Comprehensive College, is situated in Kwanar
Dakata community in Nassarawa Local Government Area of the state.
The frontal view of the Noble Private school in Kano after it was burnt
following the death of 5 year old Hanifa Abubakar.
Hanifa was abducted by her teacher who demanded ransom from her
parents and later killed her in December last year.
The disturbing news of her death became a major discourse after the
Police Public Relations Officer in Kano, Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed to
reporters last Friday that Hanifa’s teacher, one Abdulmalik Tanko, was
indicted in the murder.
He revealed that Abdulmalik confessed that he kidnapped the girl and
took her to his house where he contacted her relatives and demanded a
ransom of N6 million.

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Hanifa: Aisha Buhari Backs Capital Punishment For Killers Of Five-Year-Old Pupil - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
January 24, 2022
The First Lady threw her weight behind the call for capital punishment
when she shared a video of an Islamic cleric making the call on Sunday.
She wrote in Hausa that she supports the cleric’s judgement. “We
support the judgment of malam,” the President’s wife stated.
In the video, the cleric, who spoke in Hausa, was heard saying that
capital punishment should be meted out on the killer of Hanifa.
He further stated that capital punishment would serve as a deterrent to
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Hanifa’s Murder: Court Overrules Suspects Over Alleged Torture, Threat To Life - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
March 9, 2022
At the resumption of the criminal trial on Wednesday, Justice Na’aba
declared that there was no substantive evidence brought before the court
to prove the suspects were not responsible for their earlier statements.
In his ruling on trial within a trial, Justice Na’aba declared that
Abdulmaliq could not clearly prove the identity of the device which he
claimed was used to penetrate his body parts, thereby dismissing the
suspects’ argument.
Abdulmalik, the prime suspect had alleged that he was electrocuted with
an unknown device and threatened with dangerous weapons by the
security agents while making a statement that he claimed he refused to
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Haraji: Kwastam Ta Tara Fiye Da Naira Biliyan 61 A Cikin Watanni Biyu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 20, 2019
Kwamandanhukumar kwastom na shiyyar Apapa da ke jihar Legas Bashir Abubakar, ya ce yankinda ya ke jagoranta ya tara kudaden shiga da suka kai Naira biliyan 61 a cikinwatanni biyu da suka gabata.
BashirAbubakar ya bayyana haka a Legas ranar Litinin din da ta gabata inda ya kara dacewa, sun samu damar tara harajin ne sakamakon yadda ake bin diddikin aikinkamar yadda doka ta tanada.
Hukumarta kara da cewa, a tsakanin watannin Janairu zuwa Maris, ta kwace wasu sundukai24 makare da Tumatari da kuma man girki, wanda aka biya kudaden shiga har fiyeda Naira miliyan 200.
Akarshe hukumar ta yi kira ga jami’an ta su hada kai domin samun nasara a kodayaushe.


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Hard Currency: NDLEA Arrests Suspected Smugglers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 24, 2019
The National Drug Law EnforcementAgency, NDLEA said it had apprehended two suspected hard currency smugglers atthe Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The agency made this known in astatement by its Head, Public Affairs Unit, Jonah Achema, on Friday in Abuja.
It said that the arrest was made byits Special Area Command at the airport, and named the suspects as Obasi Chidi,from Enugu State and Nebo Lloyd, from Abia.
It said that the suspects wereapprehended as they arrived at the airport aboard an Ethiopian Airline Flight911, connecting from Tel Aviv.
It stated that preliminaryinvestigation indicated that the money was to be delivered to a recipient inAbuja, “the recipient whom they claimed was expected to disburse same tosupposed beneficiaries. It added that the money was neither declared beforetake-off in Israel nor on their arrival in Nigeria.
It also said that the suspects andmonetary exhibits had been transferred to the appropriate government agency forfurther investigation.
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Hard Drugs: Enforce Stringent Penalties - Olajumoke Koyejo To NDLEA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 6, 2019
A Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist, OlajumokeKoyejo, has urged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA to evolvestringent penalties for Pharmaceutical Companies still manufacturing andselling Tramadol and other hard drugs in the country.
koyejo,  ofthe Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, told Newsmen on Saturdaythat Tramadol was now being sold almost everywhere in the country.
The addiction professional also called on Government to come up with milder policies to help to reform drug addicts.
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According to her, criminalising drug addiction iscertainly not the best because addiction is a chronic disease.
Koyejo said also that policies ought to be in placeto check quackery and ensure only experts can see the patients and improvetheir prognosis.
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Hardship: Adopt Argentina’s Javier Milei Approach To Reforms, Atiku Tells Tinubu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 13, 2024
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in a statement titled, ‘Argentina’s Javier Milei approach to reforms should serve as a lesson for Tinubu’, said both Milei and Tinubu took over in 2023, and inherited a disoriented economy, but both applied different measures to recovery.
The 2023 presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stated that what President Javier Milei did to return his country to a place where investors are ‘starting to believe’ should serve as a lesson to Nigeria’s Tinubu.
Atiku stressed that unless there are clear-cut policies, and pathway to economic transformation predicated on a leadership-led sacrifice, there will be discontentment, especially among the youths.


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Hardship: Buhari Vows To Tackle Widespread Hunger Among Citizens - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 20, 2021
National Security Adviser to the President Babagana Monguno, said Buhari made the pledge during a crucial security meeting attended by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Security Chiefs and some cabinet Ministers in Abuja on Thursday. He explained that the President was updated on security developments in various parts of the country since the last meeting of the Security Council was held on June 8.
Monguno announced that the meeting also addressed the recent killing of travellers at Rukuba, near Jos, Plateau state, adding that Buhari also expressed confidence in the efforts of the Governor Simon Lalong. The National Security Adviser while speaking on the reported surrender of Boko Haram insurgents in the North-east noted that the President would soon take a decision on the matter. He also attributed the successes being recorded by the security agencies to the regional cooperation between the various countries and the agencies of those countries involved in tackling the menace of the insurgents


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Harkar Siyasa: Mutanen Kano Sun Dade Su Na Ba Ni Goyon Baya - Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 2, 2019
Shugabankasa Muhammadu Buhari, ya ce Kano ce cibiyar siyasar sa tun bayan da ya shigaharkar siyasa a shekara ta 2003.
Yace Kano ta dade ta na ba shi goyon baya ko a lokacin da bai yi nasara ba.
ShugabaBuhari ya bayyana haka ne, yayin da wata tawaga daga kudancin jihar Kano su kakai masa ziyarar taya murna a Abuja.
Yace ba zai iya gode wa mutanen Kano a kan tsayawar da su ka yi tare da shi a lokacidadi da wuya ba.
Buhariya kuma gode wa Sanata Kabiru Gaya, inda ya ce kokarin sa a matsayin Shugabankwamitin aiki na majalisar dattawa ya kawo ci-gaba a gwamnatin sa tsawonshekaru hudu da su ka gabata.


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Harmonious Living: Osinbajo Harps On Peace, Mediation In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 01
November 19, 2020
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the pursuit of peace and
mediation in resolving some of the challenges in the country today is
worth the while and useful.
According to a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo
was speaking while receiving a delegation from the Centre for
Humanitarian Dialogue, at the Presidential Villa.
Osinbajo stressed the need for collaboration with such an organization in
order to address some of the problems in the country, and welcomed a
notable feature of the Centre engaging and employing local people in the
work of peace and mediation in their own communities and country.
He also acknowledged that the Centre has been working with the Federal
Government on the National Livestock Transformation Plan, noting that
it was an important aspect of the Federal Government’s programme in
resolving the farmer/herder clashes.
Speaking earlier the head of the delegation, Country and Programme
Manager, Millicent Lewis-Ojumu explained that HD operates at all
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Harmonisation: Federal Government, Social Partners Begins Validation Of Reviewed Labour Laws - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 3, 2021
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige said this at a Tripartite Harmonisation and Validation reviewed labour laws meeting in Abuja.
Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry Charles Akpan in a statement said the social partners participating in tripartite harmonisation and validation meeting are the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC; Trade Union Congress, TUC and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Assembly, NECA; National Assembly and the International Labour Organisation, ILO.
The Minster explained that the reviewed labour bills would be validated at the meeting and sent to the Federal Executive Council, FEC for approval.
Ngige said the council would direct the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice to transmit the reviewed labour laws to the National Assembly for passage.
Also, NLC President Ayuba Wabba and his Trade Union Congress, TUC counterpart, Quadri Olaleye said they were happy that the review of the labour laws, which dated back to 2005, was back on the driver’s seat after previous abortions.
Earlier, NECA Deputy Director, Legal, Regulatory and Tax Thompson Akpabio, noted that the life span for labour laws should be 10 years but some of the laws in Nigeria had been in existence since 1971.

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Harmony: Sultan Wants Government To Evolve Interaction Between Religious And Political - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 16, 2019
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakarthe third, has advised government to evolve mechanism to solve concrete issuesof interaction between politics and religion in the country.
The Sultan, represented by the Emirof Keffi, Shehu Yamusa the third, gave the advice at a book launch titled,“Voice of MURIC”, written by Ishaq Akintola, the Director, Muslim Right ConcernMURIC today in Abuja.
Abubakar, who is thePresident-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, urged MURIC topreach unity and justice among Muslims as well as to base their actions onconstitutional framework.
The monarch said that theproliferation of denominations in Islam had created a paradigm shift of hatredamong the Islamic brotherhood.
Chairman of the occasion, MohammedJa’afaru, Yariman Zazzau, commended MURIC for its efforts toward defending theright and interest of Muslims in the country.


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Harsh Economic Situation: Nigerian Senators Would Soon Be Stoned –ASUU - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 10, 2019
TheNational President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, BiodunOgunyemi, says Nigerians would soon begin to pelt senators with stones forbeing insensitive to their plights, as demonstrated by their plan to acquireexotic cars despite the harsh economic situation in the country.
Ogunyemistated this in an interview with journalists at the end of ASUU’s NationalExecutive Council meeting, at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta,Ogun State.
Ogunyemi,who accused the lawmakers of making anti-people policies, said it would not belong before the Nigerian masses begin to attack lawmakers.

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Hate Speech Bill: Clerics Urge NASS To Remove Death Penalty Clause - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 25, 2019
Priest of AllSaints Anglican Church, Ernest Onuoha  has called on the National Assemblyto remove the proposed death penalty clause included in the hate speechbill before it.
Onuoha, whomade the call at the 2019 General Harvest, in Abuja, at the All Saints Church,Anglican Communion, noted that such law would create more problems and causemany heads to roll.
According tohim, life is sacred and every life belonged to God almighty, death penalty isnot a solution to hate speech.
The clericalso urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the country and in the leadership asGod is still in charge of Nigeria.
Also, theBishop of Anglican Diocese of Kaduna, Reverend Yusuf Jafalan said thatgovernment should remove the death penalty clause in the hate speech billbecause hate speech is directly or indirectly almost in everybody.
He alsoadvised the government to think about state policing to address insecurity,adding that the people in every community know those terrorising them.

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Hate Speech: Governors Tell NASS To Respect Views Of Nigerians On Bill - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 21, 2019
TheNigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF has advised the National Assembly to hold apublic hearing on the hate speech Bill before it, to ensure that views ofNigerians were captured in the passage of the Bill.
Theforum’s Vice Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal gave theadvice while fielding questions from newsmen at the end of the forum meeting,in Abuja.
Hecalled on the lawmakers to respect the views of Nigerians on the Bill.
Alsoon the issue of new minimum wage, Tambuwal said the various states are engaginglabour unions to beat the December deadline for the implementation issued bythe Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC to state governors. He added that beforeDecember, all the States must have finished working out the details on theissue of minimum wage across the federation.
Tambuwalalso hinted that the forum received an update on the outcome of its meeting inthe US, with the Aliko Dangote Foundation, and Bill and the Melinda GatesFoundation on Human Capital Development, with focus on Primary Health Care,PHC. He said the governors and the two Foundations expressed commitment to theSeattle Declaration, aimed at promoting collaboration to transform PHC at thesub-national level in Nigeria.

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Hate Speech: NBC Urges FG To Promote News Literacy, Professional Journalism - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 11, 2019
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts at promoting news literacy and strong professional journalism in the country.
The Commission’sDirector General Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu, made the call at the 2019 Annual WorldHuman Rights Day, organised by the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights,CDHR, Lagos Branch.
Modibbo-Kawu, who wasrepresented by the Zonal Director of NBC, Lagos, Chibuike Vincent, delivered alecture on: “The Role of the Media in Promoting Human Rights and Curbing FakeNews in a Democratic Setting”.
The event was themed:“Criminalisation of Rights to Freedom of Speech and Expression as Enshrined inthe Nigerian Constitution”.
The Director-Generalnoted that fake news and sophisticated dis-information campaigns wereespecially problematic in a democratic system. According to him, there is agrowing debate on how to address the issue without undermining the benefits ofdigital media.
In his remark, the HumanRights group Chairman, Lagos Branch, Alex Omotehinse, said that the groupattached so much importance to the commemoration because of the gross violationof inalienable rights.

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Hate Speech: Outrage Over Proposed Death Sentence For Culprits - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 13, 2019
Criticisms have trailed the proposed Bill seeking deathpenalty on anyone convicted of hate speech.
The Bill to establish a National Commission for theProhibition of Hate Speeches passed its first reading on the floor of theSenate.
The Bill, sponsored by Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate,Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi is coming just one week after the lawmakers initiatedmoves to regulate the use of Social Media.
Abdullahi had proposed death by hanging for personsconvicted for hate speech, depending on the degree of the offence.
The Bill also provides for life jail, five years ofimprisonment, or an option of ten million naira fine for persons convicted ofhate speech.
Reacting, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Agbakoba Olisa, toldthe senators to kill the Bill, as it was irrelevant and unnecessary.
Another SAN, Mike Ozekhome described it as draconian andshould be aborted as a malformed embryo at its second reading before it isdelivered as a societal monster.
A journalist and Executive Director, International PressCentre, Lanre Arogundade, dismissed it as annoying and unnecessary.

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Hatsari: Jirgin Horas Da Dalibai Na Ncat A Zariya Ya Fadi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 1, 2019
Wani karamin jirginhorars da dalibai na makarantar koyar da tukin jirgin sama na Nigerian Collegeof Abiation Technology dake Zariya ya fado a kusa da wani kauye dake karamarBirnin Gwari ta jihar Kaduna.
Da yake tabbatar daaukuwar hatsain, wata sanarwa da jami’in yada labarai na makarantar BalarabePalladan, ya sanya wa hannu, hukumar makarantar ta ce, jirgin kirar TB-9 yafadi ne a yankin Birnin Gwari, bayan ya tashi daga filin jirgin sama na Kaduna.
Sanarwa ta kuma cedukkan wadanda suke a cikin jirgin sun tsira da rayukan su, kuma tuni a kasanar da hukumar bincike da tantance hatsarin jiragen sama ta kasa ’AccidentInvestigation Bureau (AIB)’ kamar yadda doka ta tanada.


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Hazard Allowance: Labour Minister Says Ongoing Strike By Resident Doctors Contemptuous - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
September 20, 2021
It would be recalled that the National Industrial Court, NIC sitting in Abuja had on Friday ordered the striking doctors go back to work while continuing with its negotiations with the Federal Government.
The presiding Judge, Justice Bashar Alkali gave the directive while ruling on an application by the Federal Government in the suit against association. However the doctors had refused to resume, saying that they would appeal the order.
Ngige, while responding to a question on the development while speaking on a television programme, said the resident doctors earlier submitted 8,000 names which was later pruned down to 5,000, noting that some doctors were recruited into service despite the prohibition on recruitment.
An official of the Association Julian Ojebo while reacting to claims by the Minister said the doctors would not suspend the strike. He also denied that the Federal Government took a loan from the World Bank to settle the doctors, adding that questions on the borrowing should be directed to the Minister of Finance.

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Hazard Stipend: FG NMA To Continue Negotiations Next Week – Labour Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 16, 2021
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige announced this at a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries with the leadership of the Association and its affiliates, on the review of the hazard allowance in the health sector.
Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, in the ministry, Charles Akpan, stated this in a statement in Abuja.
Ngige however, recalled that the negotiation had begun with all the health workers since March, but along the line, the NMA disagreed on fundamental principles of negotiation with the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU.
The Minister also noted that the President of the Association demanded that the dialogue should be compartmentalised, which is allowed in any Collective Bargaining Agreement, CBA.
He, therefore, appealed to the NMA and JOHESU to sheath their swords, to enable the conclusion of the matter before the end of September.
Ngige, while commenting on the prolonged strike of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD called on the striking resident doctors to note their insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians, by embarking on strike in the middle of a pandemic.
He maintained that the Federal Government had been religiously implementing its own part of the Memorandum of understanding, MOU.
Also, the Secretary General of NMA Philip Ekpe, who called for prompt attention to resolve the anarchy in the health sector, also urged the ministry to explore the window opened by the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari to see that all the negotiations were not in vain.

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HDP Closes Case Against Buhari At Tribunal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 22, 2019
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday fixed August 23, for adoption of final written address in the suit filed by the Hope Democratic Party, HDP  and its presidential candidate, Ambrose Owuru,  challenging the election  of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Thepetition, challenging the victory of Buhari and his All Progressives Congressin the last presidential election, is anchored on the grounds that therescheduling of the poll from February 16, 2019 to February 23, 2019 was done withoutany recognisable presence or existence and or compliance with prescribedstatutory conditions to do so.”
Theycontended that with the rescheduling, the presidential election was deemed abandonedself-sabotaged and relinquished, giving way for the people’s controlled affirmativereferendum election which they said, by 50 million votes, validated Awuru asthe elected President.
Therespondents to the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission,President Buhari and the APC.
Thefive-member tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba, fixed the date after theHDP and Owuru closed their case against Buhari.


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HDP Presidential Candidate, Owuru, Declared Wanted — EFCC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 3, 2019
TheEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today explained to the FederalHigh Court in Abuja explained why it declared as wanted, the Hope Democratic Party’s presidential candidatein the last election, Ambrose Owuru, over fraud charges pending against him inPort Harcourt, Rivers State.
EFCC’slawyer, Ibrahim Audu, said this at the hearing of Owuru’s fundamental rightsenforcement suit challenging the legality of being declared wanted by thecommission in a July 10, 2018 newspaper publication.
JusticeNkeonye Maha after hearing parties to the case, fixed October 7th for judgmenton the legality of the publication and whether the former presidentialcandidate was deserving of the N500m sought as damages in the suit.
Audu toldthe judge that Owuru was avoiding trial in the criminal case instituted againsthim by the commission, prompting the court in Port Harcourt to issue an arrestwarrant against him.

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Health: Association Tasks States To Upscale Secondary Care To Achieve UHC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 21, 2019
The NationalAssociation of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, NAGGMDP haschallenged state governments over appropriate infrastructure development inSecondary Health Care to achieve Universal Health Coverage, UHC.
The Association’sNational President, Abubakar Ayinla, and the General Secretary of theassociation, Nura Abubakar made the call in a communiqué at the end of theNational Executive Council meeting of NAGGMDP.
The inaugural NationalExecutive Council, NEC meeting for the 2019/2020 Executive year of theAssociation was held in Ilorin
between June 13 and 16, with the theme “State of Secondary Health Care Systemin Nigeria: Catalysing a Paradigm Shift,”.
According to thecommuniqué, states of the federation must focus on Secondary Health Care, as itis the health component of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs anddeveloping the tertiary services.
The Associationadvised state governments to also appropriate adequate fund that shall ensuretimely payment of salaries when due.


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Health Care: Federal Government Inaugurates 5 Boards Of Regulatory Councils - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 4, 2019
The Federal Government has inaugurated fivegoverning boards of the health regulatory councils and boards under thesupervision of the Federal Ministry of Health.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of HealthAbdullahi Mashi who inaugurated the boards in Abuja, noted that theinauguration was long overdue.
He urged all stakeholders in the health sector tocollaborate towards an efficient and effective service delivery in the sector.
The boards includes: Community Health PractitionersRegistration Board of Nigeria, Health Records Officers Registration Board ofNigeria, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, Medical RehabilitationTherapists Board of Nigeria and Optometrists and Dispensing OpticiansRegistration Board of Nigeria.
According to Mashi, the inauguration of theseGoverning Boards is a move by the Federal Government towards strengthening thehealth sector in line with the focus and direction of this administration.


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Health Care: Federal Government Insures 48 Tertiary Institutions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 11, 2019
The Federal Ministry of Health has provided insurance cover for forty-eight tertiary health institutions, towards protecting the facilities and diagnostic equipment for optimal health-care delivery services.
The Director, Hospital Services, Federal Ministry of Health Joseph Amedu announced this during a sensitisation workshop on implementation of assets insurance of parastatals under the ministry, in Abuja.
The workshop was organised by the ministry in conjunction with the consortium of Insurance Companies and Brokers.
Amedu noted that over the years, the federal government had invested huge amounts of money for building facilities, procurement of diagnostic equipment, vehicles and other essential commodities in 74 tertiary health facilities under the ministry.
He added that the ministry had set up an Asset Insurance Scheme in 2011 to ensure that these investments in the health sector were protected against natural disasters and total loss.


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Health Care: Federal Government Insures 48 Tertiary Institutions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2019
The Federal Ministry of Health has provided insurance cover for forty-eight tertiary health institutions, towards protecting the facilities and diagnostic equipment for optimal health-care delivery services.
The Director, Hospital Services, Federal Ministry of Health Joseph Amedu announced this during a sensitisation workshop on implementation of assets insurance of parastatals under the ministry, in Abuja.
The workshop was organised by the ministry in conjunction with the consortium of Insurance Companies and Brokers.
Amedu noted that over the years, the federal government had invested huge amounts of money for building facilities, procurement of diagnostic equipment, vehicles and other essential commodities in 74 tertiary health facilities under the ministry.
He added that the ministry had set up an Asset Insurance Scheme in 2011 to ensure that these investments in the health sector were protected against natural disasters and total loss.


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Health Care: FG Inaugurates Committee To Audit Maternal, Infant Mortality - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 26, 2019
The Federal Government in collaboration with theWorld Health Organisation, WHO has inaugurated the Maternal and PerinatalHealth Database Committee.
The committee will monitor and generate data fromforty eight tertiary institutions on the causes of infant and maternalmortality in the country.
The Minister of Health Isaac Adewole, saidinauguration of the committee was an important milestone in health systemsstrengthening and medical death audit, to ensure the rapid reduction ofmaternal and perinatal mortality.
The Minister, who was represented by Director FamilyHealth at the ministry, Adebimpe Adebiyi said the database to be used wasdesigned to capture the death of mothers or babies as well as the causes ofsuch deaths.
WHO Officer in Charge of Nigeria, Clement Peterssaid the system would generate a database that would be used to address theimmediate and remote causes of infant and maternal mortality in the hospitals.


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Health Care: Health Ministry Says Immunisation Services Availability Key To Revitalisation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 19, 2019
The Federal Ministry of Health says immunisation servicesavailability is a key component of the revitalisation of Primary Health Caredelivery in the country.
The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz saidthis at the official launch of the Cold Chain Equipment, CCE at Aleyita PrimaryHealth Care, PHC in Abuja.
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, GAVI, incollaboration with the Federal Government, procured about 13 thousand units ofCold Chain Equipment, to support the country’s immunisation programme.
Abdulaziz said the importance of immunisation could not beover-emphasised, as it had been estimated to avert between two to three milliondeaths each year. He noted that it was also a veritable entry point toutilisation of other primary health-care services.
Earlier, the Executive Director, National Primary HealthcareDevelopment Agency, NPHCDA Faisal Shu’aib thanked GAVI for its over one billiondollars support to Nigeria since 2001, especially through the provision ofvaccines to millions of people across the country.
Chief Executive Officer of GAVI, Seth Berkley, said that CCEhad been designed to support countries with rehabilitating, expanding andextending the cold-chain by selecting, procuring, and deploying the optimisedproducts presented in the Guide.

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Nigeria Gets Checklist For Health Care Tertiary Institutions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 22, 2019
The Minister of Health Isaac Adewole has launched a Checklist for assessing quality of service in Federal Tertiary Health Institutions.
The institutions included the National Surgical Obstetric, Anaesthesia and Nursing Plan, NSOANP for Nigeria.
Adewole who stressed the need to evaluate the health system and do things right, said the Federal Ministry of Health had developed a checklist for assessing the Institutions in Nigeria.
According to The Minister, the evaluation of the institutions must have the following: impartiality, productivity, quality in health and improved environment.
The Chief Executive Officer, Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Care Foundation Lawal Olubunmi said the aim of the plan is to bring quality and affordable healthcare services close to the people.


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Health Care: WHO Supports Nigeria’s Legislative Network To Achieve Universal Coverage - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 15, 2019
The World Health Organisation, WHO says it is supportingNigeria’s legislative network in achieving Universal Health Coverage UHC,through the collaboration of the European Union.
WHO Officer inCharge, Clement Peter made this known in a goodwill message at the 3 AnnualSummit of the Legislative Network for UHC in Abuja with the theme: “Efficiencyin the Health Sector and the Role of Legislators’’. The Universal HealthCoverage is the ability of citizens to access quality healthcare serviceswithout going through financial hardships.
Peter said WHOwould continue to leverage on its unique network to share lessons learnt fromthe country through the regional office to other countries of Africa.
Chairman, GhanaParliamentary Committee on Health, Kwabena Twum-Nuamah said many constituentsin African countries were unable to access healthcare, because they do not havethe means to pay out of their pocket.
Also, World Bankrepresentative, Olumide Okunola said it was the responsibility of legislators in the country to ensure that Nigerians received quality healthcareservices, regardless of who was paying for them.

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Health Challenges: Organisation Says Lack Of Labour-Saving Technology Affecting Women - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 9, 2019
The Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria,SWOFON has lamented the health challenges faced by women farmers due to lack ofgender-friendly labour saving technologies.
Thegroup, in a communiqué signed by the National Coordinator, Omaboyowa Roberts atthe end of its two-day 2019 National Annual Farmers Forum, held in Abuja, saidwomen farmers are  using outdated technologies that task their strengthand health.
Thecommuniqué added small-holder women farmers face deplorable labour activitiesthat often lead to deterioration in their health, while consuming time in amanner that hamper productivity.
Theorganisation also alleged that most government initiatives on agriculture werehijacked by political farmers, and suggested the creation of small-holderfarmers committees in the legislative assemblies at national and state levels.

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Health Commissioners Hold Forum On Primary Health Care Funding - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 4, 2022
Chairperson, Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum Oyebanji Filani, said in a statement, that the forum will hold in Abuja from October 5 to 6.
Filani, who is also the Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, observed that Nigeria had witnessed marked improvement in primary health care delivery.
He said primary health care all over the world, required adequate financing and service delivery to achieve Universal Health Coverage UHC by 2030.
He added that the forum would take stock of approaches to financing primary health care in states and identifying common challenges and policy responses.
According to him, the forum will also develop a shared understanding on the way forward for financing primary health care in a comprehensive and sustainable manner.

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Health Effects: FG Says 25 % Of Diseases In Nigeria Caused By Mycotoxins - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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Minister of State for Environment Sharon Ikeazor made this known in Abuja, at a two-day workshop on the prevention and control of mycotoxins in the food and the environment organised by the Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria, EHORECON.
She noted that there were increased adverse health effects of mycotoxins on occupants of residential, office buildings, schools, agricultural and non-agricultural settings including food and food products in Nigeria.
The Minister, who was represented by her Special Adviser DPriscilla Achakpa, challenged environmental health experts to take sensitisation campaign to local communities on the danger of consuming food products contaminated with the disease.
The Registrar, Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria Yakubu Baba stated that disease is a public health responsibility accounting for about 25 per cent of diseases in the country. He added that the council is preparing its practitioners to be sufficiently knowledgeable to be able to effectively enlighten the public on the negative effects of mycotoxins in food and the environment.


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Experts, Say Malaria Killing More, Patients Afraid Of Hospital Because Of Covid-19 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 27, 2020
Some medical experts say the current deaths in Kaduna state were mostly due to the scourge of Malaria, as patients fear going to hospitals because of Coronavirus pandemic.
Firima August and Olukemi Adeyoju both of Malaria Consortium made the revelations during a biannual media briefing.
The briefing was on Global Fund Malaria Accountability and Advocacy Project organised by Civil Society in Malaria Control, lmmunisation and Nutrition, ACOMIN held in Kaduna.
The experts who attended the ‘focus media meeting at state level’, while responding to newsmen, said many have died silently of Malaria fever in their various homes out of  fear of going for test in hospital and be misunderstood for COVID-19. They also noted that in a Malaria ravaged country like Nigeria, many communities have shield away from going to health facilities or hospitals for Malaria test.
Earlier, the project’s State Programme Officer, Ogidi Nicodemus said the national network of Civil Society Organisations is working with five local government areas and 16 Community Based Organisations in Kaduna State.

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HEALTH FG RENEWS COMMITMENT TO UPSCALE MATERNAL INFANTS NUTRITION - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 19, 2022
Minister of State for Health Joseph Ekumankama made this known at the launch of the Accelerating Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutritio, project in Abuja.
Ekumankama, who was represented by Salma Ibrahim-Anas, decried the slow progress recorded in maternal and infants nutrition, noting that government would upscale its collaboration with relevant stakeholders to achieve the goal. He said the 5-year project was been implemented by Alive and Thrive (A&T), and funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
On his part, the Country Project Director, A&T, Victor Ogbodo stated that the project would be implemented in Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Sokoto and Yobe States to increase access to high-quality maternal and child nutrition services
Likoma Julius, representing the Federal Ministry of Budget and Planning, urged the benefitting states to ensure sustainability of the project.

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Health: FG Restates Commitment To Collaborate With Stakeholders On Sustainable Systems - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 4, 2019
The Federal Government says it is set to continueworking with all stakeholders in building strong and sustainable healthcaresystems.
The government also promised to support stakeholdersto prepare, detect and respond to any disease outbreak in any part of thecountry.
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, gave theassurance at the 55th Annual Scientific Conference and workshop of theAssociation of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria.
The conference was under the theme: ‘Global HealthSecurity: The Medical Laboratory Agenda for Sub- Saharan Africa’.
The Vice President, who was represented by theMinister for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said that this would require allstakeholders to get actively involved.
Osinbajo said that Global Health Security is a toppriority agenda for the country and should not be left unchecked.
He explained that a single infectious diseaseoutbreak anywhere in the world has the potential to become a larger epidemic,or worse, a pandemic that could devastate entire communities.

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Health: FG To Support Effective Supply Management Chain - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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The Federal Ministry of Health , has said that itwas ready to partner with individuals and groups to effect an efficient HealthSupply Management Chain in the country.
Minister of State, Adeleke Mamora, gave theassurance in a statement issued by the Assistant Director of Press andPublicity of the ministry, Eunice Akro, in Abuja.
Mamora made the statement during a courtesy visit bya team from the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and SupplyManagement, Nigeria, led by Country Director, Mike Egboh.
The minister expressed government’s desire forcontinuous partnership and collaboration with the organisation towards thedevelopment, integration and actualisation of the Nigerian Health Supply Chainsystem.
Earlier, Egboh, Country Director, informed theminister that the GHSC-PSM Nigeria, supported by the Global Fund and managed byChemonics International commenced health procurement and supply managementoperations in Nigeria in July 2016.

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Health Financing: Ministry, Cislac Urge Tax Hike For Tobacco As Source Of Revenue - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 18, 2022
The partners, who made the call in Abuja at the launch of ‘Research Report on Tobacco Taxation and Health Financing in Nigeria’, said the measure would help in raising funds to finance development.
Executive Director, CISLAC Auwal Rafsanjani said the act would also present Nigeria with a win-win situation in terms of reducing affordability of tobacco products and increasing revenue for development funding. He pointed out that the harmful effect of tobacco use had motivated countries, including Nigeria, to implement control measures to tackle tobacco consumption and affordability.
Rafsanjani said the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, WHO-FCTC identified tobacco taxation as an effective tool for tobacco control.
National Coordinator, Non Communicable Diseases, Public Health Authority, Ministry of Health Dolapo Sanni identified  tobacco epidemic as one of the biggest public health threats that the world had ever faced.


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Health Insurance: Minister Says Only 4% Of Nigerians Covered - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 10, 2019
Health Minister Isaac Adewole has lamented the poorstate of the country’s healthcare system, noting that only four per cent ofNigerians are covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS.
The Minister, who stated this while fieldingquestions from newsmen in Abuja, said that the federal government had put inplace measures to reverse the appalling situation.
He said, part of the challenges faced is the nearcollapse of the healthcare system. But one of the unique things this governmenthas done is to put money in the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, BHCPF.
Adewole added that fifty per cent of the ministry’sbudget will be channeled to Health Insurance Scheme to take care of medicalexpenses of the people so that they will not have to pay out of their pocketfor treatment.


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Health: Minister Reiterates FG Effort To Address Brain Drain - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 23, 2022
Ekumankama who spoke with newsmen while inaugurating various projects at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Meta, Lagos, identified brain drain as the major challenge affecting the health sector currently.
Projects inaugurated by the minister included the Orthopedic and Trauma Centre, Molecular Building Complex and Oxygen gas plant.
Others are the Clinical Training Centre, Power House and Ultra-Modern Theatre.
The minister commended the Medical Director of the hospital, Adedamola Dada, for judiciously using the resources available to further provide infrastructures and services rendered to patients.
Speaking also, Dada said the hospital would continue to do its best to improve the health status of Nigerians.


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Health: NASS Moves To Regulate Private Hospitals - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 6, 2019
The National Assemblyis set to enact a law that will effect the regulation of private hospitalsacross the country.
If the bill scalesthrough, operations of private hospitals in the country will be monitored andsanctions meted on those operating below standard.
The move to regulatethe hospitals is contained in the Private Hospitals Regulation Bill, 2019,sponsored by Senator Stella Oduah which has passed through first reading on thefloor of the red chamber.
However, the plan toregulate private hospitals comes against the backdrop of a revelation that ameager 1,864 naira has been proposed to carter for the health needs of aNigerian.
The amount wasrevealed in the Senate’s Legislative Agenda which was condemned by thelawmakers as inadequate.
Resolving to embark onextensive reforms in the health sector,  a motion calling for theintegration of herbal medicine into the health system will be revisited on thefloor of the red chambers.

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Health: New NHIS Boss Adopts 3-Point Aggressive Rebranding - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 21, 2019
The Newly appointedExecutive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS, MohammedSambo, says he has adopted a three-point aggressive and purposeful strategy torebrand the scheme.
Sambo said this at atwo-day retreat for the top management committee of NHIS in Kaduna.
He said the scheme hasa presidential mandate to achieve Universal Health Coverage through thethree-point agenda towards the realisation of its core mandate.
Sambo said the managementwould be embarking on a purposeful stakeholder’s engagement with the HealthManagement Organisations, HMOs and Health Care Providers to have a verytransparent discussion in line with the accountability agenda of the currentadministration.
He added that problemswould be collectively identified and solutions proffered by all stakeholders.
Sambo said that partof the reform agenda is also to catalogue how many Ministries, Departments andAgencies are under the Federal Government.


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Health Risks: NCC Warns On Using Sub-Standard Telecom Devices - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 29, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has warned Nigerians that using sub-standard telecom devices could adversely affect their health.
NCC’sExecutive Vice Chairman, Umar Danbatta, said at a sensitisation workshop forstakeholders that using sub-standard and counterfeit telecom devices was dangerousto human health and safety.
Theworkshop had as theme: “Hazardous Effect of Non Type Approved Handsets andE-Waste: Impact on Quality of Service and E-Waste.”
Representedby Clem Omife, NCC’s Assistant Director, Zonal Operation, Danbattta said thatsub-standard devices also increase cyber security-related threats such as ZeroDay attack.
Accordingto him, the NCC is collaborating with other stakeholders in the industry toevolve ways of curbing the menace of sub-standard and counterfeit devices.
Hesaid the commission found it necessary to educate the general public on theeffect of using non-type approved devices in the country through thesensitisation workshop.


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Health Sector: Association Urges FG To Declare State Of Emergency - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 6, 2021
Newly elected National President of the Association Victor Makanjuola gave the advice at a news conference organised by the National Officers’ Committee, NOC in Ibadan, Oyo state.
He also noted that members of the association, at the 12th Biennial Delegates Meeting, were alarmed by migration of medical doctors, spate of insecurity, poor welfare of members and lack of modern facilities, among other issues. Makanjuola said all these called for a state of emergency in the health sector so as to tackle the numerous problems bedeviling it.
The National President also lamented over the use of PhD as a requirement for career progression for its members, noting that recent observation was that institutions subtly still use this to the disadvantage of clinical lecturers in the universities in various appointments.

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Health Sector: FG Sets Up Committee To Oversee Cancer Health Fund. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 15, 2024
The Director-General of the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, NICRAT, Dr Usman Aliyu, disclosed this at an interactive session organised by NICRAT, in collaboration with the International Society of Media on Public Health on Saturday in Abuja.
The CHF is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Health aimed at providing cancer treatment to indigent Nigerians and strengthening national cancer care.
The initiative commenced in 2021 with six pilot hospitals – the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna state; the National Hospital, Abuja; the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, among others.


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Health Sector: FG To Deliver Six Cancer Centers In Two Years. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 26, 2024
Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Dr. Ali Pate said this on Monday in an interview.
According to him, 37.4 billion naira has been allocated to the Federal Ministry of Health to enhance access to oncology care in different geo-political zones which will be equipped with modern medical infrastructure.
He said the ministry is taking each project one at a time to deliver the mandate of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.


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Health Sector: President Buhari Approves Reform Committee, Names Osinbajo Chairman - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 7, 2021
The committee, to be chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, would also work in collaboration with State Governments and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT administration.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja, said the approval of the committee is sequel to a Health Sector Diagnostic Review Report, developed by a consultant, Vesta Healthcare Partners and the Federal Ministry of Health.
He added that the committee would undertake a review of all healthcare reforms adopted in the past two decades and lessons learnt, and factor them into the development of the new health sector reform programme.
Shehu, explained  that the committee, set up for a period of six months, had members drawn from private and public sector,  health care management professionals, development partners, representatives from the National Assembly,  as well as the Nigeria Governors Forum among others.

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Health/Wellness: Physical Activity Said To Reduce Liver, Cancer Risk - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 8, 2019
New research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2019, reveals that chronic liver disease is increasing, partly due to the obesity epidemic, and currently there are no guidelines for the optimal type of exercise for the prevention of cirrhosis-related mortality.
Researchers hope these findings will help provide specific exercise recommendations for patients at risk for cirrhosis and its complications. New compound that repairs cancer cells SEC moves to revive margin lending
Lead researcher, Tracey Simon, said the benefit of exercise is not a new concept, but the impact of exercise on mortality from cirrhosis and from liver cancer has not yet been explored on this scale.
Researchers observed that adults in the highest quintile of weekly walking activity had 73 percent lower risk for cirrhosis-related death than those in the lowest quintile.
Further risk reduction was observed with combined walking and muscle-strengthening exercises.


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Health: WHO Advises FG To Strengthen Surveillance, Monitoring In 774 Lga's - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 28, 2019
The World Health Organisation, WHO has advised the Federal Government to strengthen environmental health surveillance and monitoring in the 774 Local Government Areas to bring back healthy and safe cities of the good old days.
Officer in-charge,  Clement Lasuba, gave the advice in a goodwill message at the 2019 National Environmental Sanitation Day Commemoration on Friday in Abuja.
The theme of the 2019 NESD: is “Stop open defecation for healthy living’’.
Lasuba, represented by Edwin Edeh, the National Consultant Public Health and Environment of the WHO, said that environmental health system at the federal, state and local level should be repositioned to function 24 hours.
According to him, 47 million people defecate in the open with a handful of 13 out of 774 LGAs being open defecation free which therefore accounts for increasing prevalence and deaths from communicable diarrheal diseases such as cholera dysentery, typhoid among others.


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Healthcare: Adewole Replies Senate, Says National Foundation Is Bad - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 21, 2019
TheMinister of Health, Isaac Adewole has blamed the foundation of healthcare inthe country for the deteriorating conditions of hospital facilities across thecountry.
Speaking before theSenate today, Adewole said Nigeria had been facing the challenge for the lastcouple of years.
TheSenate had summoned Adewole to appear before it today over what the SenatePresident Bukola Saraki called the poor state of infrastructure that hascontributed to deaths of Nigerians in need of health care.
TheMinister describe the health care as a pyramid, with Primary Health Care at thebase, Secondary at middle and Tertiary at the top, adding that only 10% ofNigerians who require care would need to go to tertiary institutions.


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Healthcare: Agency Laments Over Inadequacy Of Personnel, Ambulances, Bane Of PHCs In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 6, 2021
KADMAM, an accountability mechanism, stated this in its presentation through Silas Iseva during a quarterly interactive forum with Kaduna State Ministry of Health and Development Partners, held in Kaduna, with the theme of the interactive forum was “Improving Health Care Delivery Through Basic Health Care Provision Fund Implementation”.
According to KADMAN, its investigations showed that 78.5 per cent of PHCs in the state have no ambulance. It also noted that inadequacy of ambulances to transport pregnant women to hospitals during emergency situations had resulted in complications and sometimes death.
It said its findings however discovered that 93 per cent of the PHCs across the state had toilets, 27.1 per cent had accommodation for midwives for emergencies, especially at night, and 84.6 per cent had good sources of drinking water.
The state Commissioner of Health Amina Baloni, while responding to some of the findings, noted that government would reactivate its partnership with the National Union of Road Transport Workers in transporting emergency patients to facilities across the state. She also called on members and community leaders to volunteer whenever the need arose to convey patients for medical care.

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Healthcare: Association Tasks Governors On Quality Delivery - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 19, 2019
The North Central Caucus of NationalAssociation of Resident Doctors, NARD has called on the Nigerian GovernorsForum to give necessary attention to quality healthcare delivery.
The Association’s Caucus Leader AgboEde who gave the advice at a news conference in Abuja stressed the need forgovernments to commence necessary renovation and upgrading of healthfacilities.
Ede also called for theimplementation of Universal Healthcare Coverage, UHC as well as domesticationof Medical Training Act 2017 by various states.
He decried inadequate employment ofdoctors, poor remuneration and training as well as decaying amenities atstate-owned tertiary health institutions nationwide.
He also noted with sadness thepainful state of Resident Doctors in Nigeria especially those in the stateemployment, especially the Abia State University Teaching Hospital, whereresident doctors are owed about thirteen  months salaries.

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Healthcare: Buhari Tasks NMA On Quality Services - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 6, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked Nigerian MedicalAssociation, NMA to find better ways of improving healthcare service deliveryto Nigerians.
He gave the task at the second National Health Summit,NHS and the 25th Commonwealth Medical Association Triennial Conference inAbuja, with the theme; “Patient Centered Care, PCC”.
The President said patients are at the centre ofhealthcare service delivery and must be accorded confidentiality and duerespect. He said lack of medical equipment, poor environment and lack ofconfidentiality were capable of damaging the health system, noting that mindsetcould be used to fix the system, not necessarily money.
Chairman of the occasion, Former Head of State,General Yakubu Gowon said he was happy that the association had taken it uponitself, the responsibility of mobilising human resources that would add to thepolicy thrust of government.
Also the Chief co-host, Governor Abdullahi Sule ofNasarawa State said the summit was an opportunity to shape the healthcaresection of the country.
The Association’s President, Francis Faduyile saidPatient Centered Care is all about putting the individual patients first in allconsiderations regarding care.

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Healthcare: Commission Says Antenatal Care Prevents Maternal Mortality Ratio - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 7, 2019
The National Population Commission,NPC says utilisation of antenatal care is imperative for the prevention andreduction of maternal mortality ratio.
The NPC Project Director for 2018Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey NDHS Osifo Ojogun who said this in Abujaannounced that about 512 persons would die out of 100 thousand live births in aspace of seven years.
He said only regular visits tohospitals during pregnancy would checkmate such tragic occurrence in future.
Ojogun also added that the level ofeducation of a woman in pregnancy also matters while calling on enlightenedpeople around a pregnant woman to encourage them to go for antenatal.

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Healthcare: Cross River Govt. Closes 14 Facilities For Quackery, Substandard Operations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 22, 2019
The Cross River State Private Hospital Regulatory Board has shut down fourteen health facilities in the state for medical quackery and substandard operations.
The Chairman of the Board, Norbert Mogar who announced this in Calabar, said the facilities were shut down between 2017 and 2019.
According to Mogar, the intensified surveillance was carried out with a view to curbing the rate of medical quackery in the state, especially in the remote areas. He said action had prevented the reckless and unwarranted loss of lives and morbidities at varying degree through anti-quackery crusade.
The private hospital regulatory board was inaugurated in 2007.
It has shut down no fever than 14 health facilities for medical quackery and substandard operations from 2017 to date.
While highlighting the achievements of the board in three years, Mogar said it carried out a mapping of all private facilities across the state for easy evaluation.


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Healthcare Delivery: FG, W.H.O Partner To Enhance Value For Money - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 25, 2019
The Federal Ministry of Health says it will leverage onthe Value for Money initiative of the World Health Organisation, WHO to boosthealth care delivery system in Nigeria.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Abdulazeez Mashisaid this at the maiden edition of WHO African Region Value for Money Trainingof Trainers workshop in Abuja.
Mashi, who was represented by Director, Health PlanningResearch and Statistics, Emmanuel Meribole said with the ongoing reform in thehealth sector, Nigeria would benefit enormously from the intervention.
According to Mashi, Nigeria is currently implementing anumber of health financing reforms, which will help to redefine and shape thecourse of the nation’s universal health coverage aspirations and theSustainable Development Goals, SDGs.
Officer-in-Charge, WHO in Nigeria Peter Lasuba said theworkshop was in line with the world health body Afro-transformation agenda andthe overall WHO reform.


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Healthcare Delivery: Minister Says FG To Rehabilitate Additional 10,000 Primary Centers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 5, 2020
The Minister of Health, OsagieEhanire says additional 10,000 Primary Health Centres, PHC will berehabilitated to boost healthcare delivery across the country.
The Minister announced this whileaddressing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the FederalExecutive Council, FEC presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
He said before now, less than 20 percent of the centres were working, maybe about 1,000 were working. As of now,4800 are functional.
The Minister, while reacting to aquestion on the identity of the Covid-19 index case in Nigeria, dismissedspeculations that the Federal Government is hiding the identity of the patient.
According to Ehanire, it ismedically unethical to reveal the identity of the Italian currently quarantinedin a medical facility in Łagos, adding that unlike the index case of Ebola,Patrick Sawyerr who was known, the Italian could not be exposed because hisprivacy must be respected.


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Healthcare: FG Disburses 1st Phase Basic Provision Funds To States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 11, 2019
Minister of Health, Osasie Ehanire, has launched thefirst phase of 13, 775 billion naira disbursement of Basic Healthcare ProvisionFund, to states through the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS gateway.
Ehanire who stated this at a news conference in Abuja,said NHIS would be disbursing 6.5 billion naira of the 13, 775 billion naira to15 states including the FCT, who had met the criteria as at February 15th.
He said the first tranche of disbursement of thefund would be given to the State Social Health Insurance Agencies SSHIA by theNHIS.
The minister explained that the funds would beadministered through three gateways namely; NHIS, National Primary HealthcareDevelopment Agency, and the Federal Ministry of Health.
He said other states that were eligible would beaccommodated as the fund was meant for all Nigerians.
Ehanire said the event was a significant milestonein the development of Nigeria’s health sector, adding that the Universal HealthCoverage was top priority on global agenda of the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals.

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Healthcare: FG Inaugurates 5 Years Adolescent Policy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 20, 2021
Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire, who announced this at the openingof the 1st African and 2nd Nigeria conference on adolescenthealth and development, in Abuja, said the policy was to ensure that the nation’s health system was adequately responsive to adolescent and young people’s health.
Ehanire, who was represented by Director of Family Health in the ministry, Salma Anas-kolo, noted that the policy would ensure that it delivers quality and gender sensitive.
He said the theme, “Fulfilling Promise, Optimising Investment in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in Africa” would ensure proper investment in the health and wellbeing of adolescent and young people.
The Minister noted that the country had reviewed the National Policy on Adolescent Development and Health and translated it into an implementation plan and monitoring and evaluation framework.
According to the 13 years old girl, Isabel Anani, said adolescent stage is characterised by dynamic brain development, in which interaction with the social environment shapes the capabilities they take forward into adulthood.


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Healthcare: FG Inaugurates Health Facility Registry Of Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 30, 2019
The Federal Ministry of Health with collaboration of the USAID-funded MEASURE Evaluation and Palladium has inaugurated the Health Facility Registry of Nigeria, HFR to enhance the quality of healthcare services in the country.
The Minister of Health Isaac Adewole who inaugurates the system in Abuja said that facility was an electronic information system that would allow the general public to have access to up-to-date information on health facilities as contained in the Master Facility List.
He said that a master health facility list was a complete listing of all the health facilities in a country with information on the signature and service domain elements.
He said that the signature domain provides information on the health facility by location and unique identifier, while the service domain elements indicate the kind of services provided by the health facility.
Adewole said that the facility would permit each state and the Federal Capital Territory to carry out constant management of the list of health facilities within its jurisdiction.


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Healthcare: FG Restates Commitment To Improve Funding - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 20, 2019
The Minister of State for Health, Osaghe Ehanire,has expressed the commitment of Federal Government to boost healthcarefinancing in line with the Abuja Declaration.
The minister made this known during the communityoutreach programme aimed at increasing TB case finding in Abuja.
The programme, organised by the National TB andLeprosy Control Programme of the Federal Ministry of Health, is part of the activitiesto commemorate the 2019 World TB day.
The event scheduled for March 24 has its theme “It’stime’’ with a slogan “End TB in Nigeria,Keep the promise, find TB, treat TB’’.
The minister said, Federal Government is going to beasking for 15 per cent of the national budget to be allocated for funding thehealth sector.
He said the Abuja Declaration suggested thatcountries must try to allocate at least 15 per cent of their annual budget toincrease health funding.
The minister said the country has a lot of healthchallenges and TB was one of them.


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Healthcare: FG To Partner Philanthropists, Agencies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 29, 2019
The Federal Government has expressed interest topartner with philanthropists and international agencies desirous of supportinghealthcare services and human capital developments.
The Minister of State for Health, OlorunnimbeMamora, said this in a statement issued by the Assistant Director for Press andPublicity of the ministry, Eunice Akro, in Abuja.
Mamora was receiving a team from a humanitarian NGO,geared toward the upliftment of the welfare of the less privileged.
The minister said human development remains one ofthe critical focus of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
He said partnerships in this line were welcome andwould be of immense benefit to Nigerians.
Mamora also commended the positive efforts of thefoundation toward the health sector, particularly now that the country wasworking toward the attainment of a polio free certification.


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Healthcare: FG To Partner Philanthropists, Agencies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 29, 2019
The Federal Government has expressed interest topartner with philanthropists and international agencies desirous of supportinghealthcare services and human capital developments.
The Minister of State for Health, OlorunnimbeMamora, said this in a statement issued by the Assistant Director for Press andPublicity of the ministry, Eunice Akro, in Abuja.
Mamora was receiving a team from a humanitarian NGO,geared toward the upliftment of the welfare of the less privileged.
The minister said human development remains one ofthe critical focus of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
He said partnerships in this line were welcome andwould be of immense benefit to Nigerians.
Mamora also commended the positive efforts of thefoundation toward the health sector, particularly now that the country wasworking toward the attainment of a polio free certification.


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Healthcare: KDSG Completes Renovation, Upgrade Of 226 PHCs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 25, 2020
The state Health Commissioner Amina Baloni announced this while providing updates on health status, budget performance, COVID-19 intervention and renovation of 255 PHCs in the state.
She spoke at the Open Kaduna Health Quarterly Interactive Forum, organised by Kaduna State Maternal New-born and Child Accountability Mechanism, KADMAM in collaboration with the state Ministry of Health and other Development Partners with the theme, “#Open Kaduna Health in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic”.
Earlier, the Co-Chair of KADMAM Mustapha Jumare pointed out that low-cash backing of budget releases is undermining performance of the health sector in the state.
He also acknowledged a reasonable budgetary allocation to the health sector by the state government, in line with the Abuja Declaration of a minimum of 15 per cent budgetary allocation to the sector. He, however, said in spite the reasonable budgetary allocations, the health indices in the state had remained very disturbing.


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January 24, 2022
Director-General of the agency Abubakar Hassan made the call during a sensitisation meeting organised by Markfema Nigeria Limited, a third-party administrator with the health scheme with women groups in Kaduna.
Hassan also explained that women have more health problems but are poorly informed on the benefits of the scheme, adding that the insurance scheme was a way of contributing funds for payment of healthcare services by all residents of the state.
He however decried the increasing rise in maternal and child mortality due to lack of insurance and urged women, as a matter of urgency to register in the scheme. Hassan added that individual premium for health insurance at the agency costs 10,650 naira annually while the family premium was 57,000 naira annually.
In his remark, Marketing Executive, Markfema Nigeria Limiter Maryam Yahaya lamented that women are left behind in the enrolment of the scheme due to lack of information. She also stressed that administrator would continue to sensitise and engage more women groups to enroll and benefit from the insurance scheme put in place by the state government.

created: January 24, 2022